יְשַׁעְיָה
Isaiah
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Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H3470 appears in the Book of Nehemiah — 1 distinct verse. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Nehemiah
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, ישעיה (Yᵉshaʻyâh) means “Isaiah.” It first appears in 2 Kings 19:2. It turns up in 39 verses across 6 books, a moderately common footprint. The word gravitates to Isaiah (41%), then 2 Kings and 1 Chronicles. Dig into 39-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3470 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 39
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 39 distinct verses.
- 6 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 6 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #922
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 922 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 39 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Isaiah 16 verses 41%
- 2 Kings 13 verses 33%
- 1 Chronicles 4 verses 10%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 39 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 29 verses · 74%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 10 verses · 26%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Isaiah 30×, Jeshaiah 5×, Jesaiah 2×
- American Standard Version†: Isaiah 29×, Jeshaiah 7×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Isaiah 29×, Jeshaiah 7×, Who 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Isaiah 32×, Jeshaiah 7×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3470 across 39† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3470 across 39† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 3 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3470 across 39† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 1 rendering that appears only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3470 across 39† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
7 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 7 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
ישעיה I m. (salvation of Yah
- 1. Isaiah, son of ʾAmôṣ, the prophet: Is 1:1 + 15 times Is., 2 K 19:2 + 12 times K., 2 Ch 26:22; 32:20, 32, 𝔊 Ησαιας, 𝔙 Isaias. e.g. Isaiah 1:1
- 2. one of the children of Jeduthun 1 Ch 25:3, 15, 𝔊 Ισαια, etc. e.g. 1 Chronicles 25:3
- 3. a Levite ancestor of one of David’s treasurers 1 Ch 26:25, 𝔊 Ωσαιας, 𝔊L Ιωσηε. e.g. 1 Chronicles 26:25
ישעיה II m. (salvation of Yah)
- 1. grandson of Zerubbabel 1 Ch 3:21, 𝔊 Ιασαβα, Ιεσεια. e.g. 1 Chronicles 3:21
- 2. chief of the sons of Elam, who went up with Ezra Ezr 8:7, 𝔊 Ιοσεια, Ησαια, etc. e.g. Ezra 8:7
- 3. chief of sons of Merari in time of Ezra Ezr 8:19, 𝔊 Ωσαια, etc. e.g. Ezra 8:19
- 4. a Benjamite Ne 11:7, 𝔊 Ιεσια, etc. e.g. Nehemiah 11:7
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
I. n.pr.m. (salvation of Yah; cf. אֱלִישָׁע p. 46 supr.; ישעאל on scarab ClGannJAs 1883, Fev.–Mars, 135, No. 8)—
I. n.pr.m. (salvation of Yah)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from ישע (yâshaʻ) (H3467) — to save.
Forms in the corpus
The 20 distinct written forms H3470 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֔הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 25:15 | 5 |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֖הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 20:16 | 5 |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֣הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 19:20 | 4 |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֔הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 20:4 | 4 |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֥הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 26:22 | 3 |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖ה | Noun, Proper | Ezra 8:7 | 2 |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֣הוּ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 20:2 | 2 |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֨הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 20:1 | 2 |
| וִ/ישַֽׁעְיָ֑ה | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 3:21 | 1 |
| וִֽ/ישַֽׁעְיָ֧הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 32:20 | 1 |
| וִֽ/ישַׁעְיָ֤הוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 26:25 | 1 |
| וִֽ֠/ישַׁעְיָהוּ | Noun, Proper | 1 Chronicles 25:3 | 1 |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֖הוּ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 2:1 | 1 |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָ֤הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Chronicles 32:32 | 1 |
| יְשַֽׁעְיָֽה | Noun, Proper | Nehemiah 11:7 | 1 |
| יְשַֽׁעַיָֽהוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 19:5 | 1 |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֗הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 20:9 | 1 |
| יְשַׁעְיָ֥הוּ | Noun, Proper | 2 Kings 20:11 | 1 |
| יְשַׁעְיָֽהוּ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 37:5 | 1 |
| יְשַׁעְיָהוּ֒ | Noun, Proper | Isaiah 7:3 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3470, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- ישועה yᵉshûwʻâh H3444 salvation
- ישע yeshaʻ H3468 salvation
- מושעה môwshâʻâh H4190 deliverance
- ωσαννα hōsanná G5614 hosanna
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- הושע Hôwshêaʻ H1954 Hosea
- הושעיה Hôwshaʻyâh H1955 Hoshaiah
- ישעי Yishʻîy H3469 Ishi
- מישע Mêyshâʻ H4337 Mesha
- Ησαΐας Hēsaḯas G2268 Isaiah
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 11 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Isaiah). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
(Heb. Yesh'yahu, i.e., "the salvation of Jehovah"). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called "the prophetess" (8:3), either because she was endowed with the prophetic gift, like Deborah (Judg. 4:4) and Huldah (2 Kings 22:14-20), or simply because she was the wife of "the prophet" (Isa. 38:1). He had two sons, who bore symbolical names.
He exercised the functions of his office during the reigns of Uzziah (or Azariah), Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah (1:1). Uzziah reigned fifty-two years (B.C. 810-759), and Isaiah must have begun his career a few years before Uzziah's death, probably B.C. 762. He lived till the fourteenth year of Hezekiah, and in all likelihood outlived that monarch (who died B.C. 698), and may have been contemporary for some years with Manasseh. Thus Isaiah may have prophesied for the long period of at least sixty-four years.
His first call to the prophetical office is not recorded. A second call came to him "in the year that King Uzziah died" (Isa. 6:1). He exercised his ministry in a spirit of uncompromising firmness and boldness in regard to all that bore on the interests of religion. He conceals nothing and keeps nothing back from fear of man. He was also noted for his spirituality and for his deep-toned reverence toward "the holy One of Israel."
In early youth Isaiah must have been moved by the invasion of Israel by the Assyrian monarch Pul (q.v.), 2 Kings 15:19; and again, twenty years later, when he had already entered on his office, by the invasion of Tiglath-pileser and his career of conquest. Ahaz, king of Judah, at this crisis refused to co-operate with the kings of Israel and Syria in opposition to the Assyrians, and was on that account attacked and defeated by Rezin of Damascus and Pekah of Samaria (2 Kings 16:5; 2 Chr. 28:5, 6). Ahaz, thus humbled, sided with Assyria, and sought the aid of Tiglath-pileser against Israel and Syria. The consequence was that Rezin and Pekah were conquered and many of the people carried captive to Assyria (2 Kings 15:29; 16:9; 1 Chr. 5:26). Soon after this Shalmaneser determined wholly to subdue the kingdom of Israel. Samaria was taken and destroyed (B.C. 722). So long as Ahaz reigned, the kingdom of Judah was unmolested by the Assyrian power; but on his accession to the throne, Hezekiah (B.C. 726), who "rebelled against the king of Assyria" (2 Kings 18:7), in which he was encouraged by Isaiah, who exhorted the people to place all their dependence on Jehovah (Isa. 10:24; 37:6), entered into an alliance with the king of Egypt (Isa. 30:2-4). This led the king of Assyria to threaten the king of Judah, and at length to invade the land. Sennacherib (B.C. 701) led a powerful army into Palestine. Hezekiah was reduced to despair, and submitted to the Assyrians (2 Kings 18:14-16). But after a brief interval war broke out again, and again Sennacherib (q.v.) led an army into Palestine, one detachment of which threatened Jerusalem (Isa. 36:2-22; 37:8). Isaiah on that occasion encouraged Hezekiah to resist the Assyrians (37:1-7), whereupon Sennacherib sent a threatening letter to Hezekiah, which he "spread before the Lord" (37:14). The judgement of God now fell on the Assyrian host. "Like Xerxes in Greece, Sennacherib never recovered from the shock of the disaster in Judah. He made no more expeditions against either Southern Palestine or Egypt." The remaining years of Hezekiah's reign were peaceful (2 Chr. 32:23, 27-29). Isaiah probably lived to its close, and possibly into the reign of Manasseh, but the time and manner of his death are unknown. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom in the heathen reaction in the time of Manasseh (q.v.).
(2.) One of the heads of the singers in the time of David (1 Chr. 25:3, 15, "Jeshaiah").
(3.) A Levite (1 Chr. 26:25). (4.) Ezra 8:7. (5.) Neh. 11:7.
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
the prophet, son of Amoz. The Hebrew name signifies Salvation of Jahu (a shortened form of Jehovah), He prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, (Isaiah 1:1) covering probably 758 to 698 B.C. He was married and had two sons. Rabbinical tradition says that Isaiah, when 90 years old, was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by order of Manasseh, to which it is supposed that reference is made in (Hebrews 11:37)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
the salvation of the Lord
Classic public-domain reference works; full attribution on Sources.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 38 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 39 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
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